Apple and other fruit picker



June 9, 1925. 1,540,818

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Patented .lune 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

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Application filed November 28, 1923. lSerial No. 677,441. i

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Be it known that I, .HENRY L. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVesttield, in the county of Marquette and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appleand Other Fruit Pickers,of which the following a specification.

ln carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide ahighly novel and simplified form of fruit picker wherein fruit may bereadily picked from the tree without the usual necessity of climbing upinto the tree or standing upon a ladder or other suitable support andpulling the fruit from the tree by hand.

The primary object of the present invention is to .provide an article ofthe above character that is a substantial improvement over other devicesnow in use.

lVith the above and other objects in view as the nature of thc inventionwill be better understood, the same comprises the novel forni,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described,shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

ln the drawing wherein there is shown the most practical embodiment ofthe invention with which I am at this time familiar, and wherein likereference characters .indicate corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views,

Figure l is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of afruitpicker constructed in accordance with the present invention,

ll`igure 2 is a detailed fragmentary sectional view of the picker formore clearly disclosing the construction of the upper end thereof,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross section taken through the lower end ofthe fruit conveying tubular element, and

Figure 4 is a top plan View of my improved picker.

Now having particular reference to the drawing wherein there is shown afruit` picker constructed in accordance-with the present invention, thesame embodies a pole of relatively great length and with which is to bedetachably associated a fruit conveying tubular element 6 preferably offabric and being open at its opposite ends.

This fruit conveying tubular element is of a length almost as great asthe length of the pole and is preferably.reinforced at its' lower openend by turning'in the inaterial comprising the tube as indicated by thereference character 7 in Figure 3 and then stitching this inturnedportion to the tube proper' by rows of stitches 8. At the connectingpoint between this inturned portion 7 and the tube proper, a wire ring 9may be and preferably is inserted `for further reinforcing this lowerend of said tubular conveying member.

The ripper end of this tubular fruit conveying element is connected toawire ring l through the medium of suitable fasteners il whichpreferably consist of small metal tongs as shown in lligures l, 2 and l.The ring member l() to which the upper end of the conveying tube (i lissecured is formed with a metal cap member l2 that is adapted to bepositioned over and secured to the upper end of the before mentionedpole 5.

Adjacent this cap l2 said ring 10 is also formed with an `inwardlyextending solid metal portion 13 that is formed .intermediate its endswith a il-notch lil within which the stems of the fruit are to beengaged whereby slight forward movement of the picker will manifestlysnap the fruit from the branches and allow the same to drop into theconveying tube 6 and consequently out through the lower end thereof intothe hand of the person using the fruit pickel', without bruising orinjuring the fruit.

For maintaining the tubular fabric conveyer 6 in close relationship withthe pole. 5, the same is provided upon its back side with a sufficientnumber of metal rings 15 that engage loosely over said pole in a mannerclearly shown in Figure l.

In view of the above, it will at once be apparent that I have provided ahighly novel and simplified forni of fruit pickel' and one wherein thefruit may be advantageously picked from the trees without, as beforementioned, the usual necessity of the pickers climbing up into the treesand pull ing the fruit directly therefrom by hand.

Although I have herein shown and dcscribed the most practical embodimentof the invention with whichI am at this time familiar, it isnevertheless to be understood that' minor changes may be made in theinvention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appendedclaim.

Having thus described my invention,

by Letters 'Patent is A fruit picker including Va circular ring having acap integral with a portion thereof and disposed beyond the outerperiphery of the ring7 said cap having a socket the axis of which isdisposed at a right angle to the plane of the ring, a blade fixed Withinthe ring adjacent the cap, annular fasteners loosely receiving the ring,some of said fasteners passing transversely through the blade, atube=conn`eeted with the fasteners, 10

and a pole having its end received in the socket of th-e cap andextending along the tube5 landxmeans attached to the tube andsurrounding the pole.

In testimony whereof I ture.

HENRY L. TAYLOR.

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